Gokhale was born in
Pune,
Bombay Presidency on 14 November 1945.
[5] His great grandmother,
Durgabai Kamat, was the first female actor of the Indian screen, while his grandmother
Kamlabai Gokhale (Kamlabai Kamat at that time) was the first female child actor of Indian cinema.
[6] His father
Chandrakant Gokhale was a veteran Marathi film and stage artist and has acted in over 70 Marathi and Hindi films.
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